Reign of Fire
- June 24, 2002 00:00 AM PST
The age-old argument of who�s stronger�dragons or tanks�will finally be settled this October.
Dragons on one side. Tanks, jeeps, big friggin� guns, and a bald, hyper-aggro Matthew McConaughey on the other. Reign of Fire is one of those movie concepts that�s so ridiculously cool you can�t really believe no one thought of it before now. Luckily, it�s a concept that lends itself pretty naturally to a video game translation�enter BAM! Entertainment to take it from there.The gameplay is pretty much what you�d expect from Reign�s plot�as the gaggle of humanity fighting for survival, you�ll drive a number of different (and increasingly more potent) military vehicles, trying to take out baby runner dragons and big winged freaks with an arsenal of missiles and other high-powered de-scaling devices. Once you complete the human missions, you�ll also be able to take flight and play the same missions from the dragons� perspective on a holy crusade to wipe out the plague of annoying little people once and for all with great balls of fire.
The latest build of the game was looking really sharp�especially the Xbox version�with nice fire effects and cool visual touches (including some subtle translucence in the dragon�s wings that really stuck out in one particular Dingo�s mind); and you have to admit, the ability to play things from the Dragon perspective has an undeniable appeal. Look for the movie in a few weeks (July 21st), with both versions of the game coming out somewhere �round October.
